"This is an incredible honor for the faculty, staff and administration at Penn Presbyterian," said Michele Volpe, executive director and CEO, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. "This recognition is further acknowledgment of the culture of excellence that we are committed to delivering every day. I am so proud of all the extraordinary people in the Presbyterian family who strive to provide the best in patient care, education and research."

As a 100 Top Hospitals winner, Penn Presbyterian's overall composite score represents the positive impact that the organization provides to the community. According to the announcement by Thomson Reuters, winners are identified from nearly 3,000 U.S. hospitals, and demonstrate that high-quality patient outcomes can be achieved while improving efficiency. If all Medicare inpatients received the same level of care as those treated in the award-winning facilities like Penn Presbyterian:

More than 186,000 additional lives could be saved.

Approximately 56,000 additional patients could be complication free.

More than $4.3 billion could be saved.

The average patient stay would decrease by nearly half a day.

Winners are stratified by five separate peer comparison groups: major teaching, teaching, large community, medium community, and small community hospitals. Penn Presbyterian was listed amongst the major teaching hospitals, for which there are three ways to qualify:

400 or more acute-care beds in service plus an intern and resident-per-bed ratio of at least 0.25, plus

An intern and resident-per-bed ratio of at least 0.60 (regardless of bed size or GME program involvement).

For more than a century, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center has provided outstanding health care services. It has grown tremendously over the years, and today Penn Presbyterian combines state-of-the-art technology with personalized medicine to deliver superior quality care to every patient. Penn Presbyterian has an outstanding track record of medical accomplishments — such as creating one of the first coronary care units in the country — and in recent years, the hospital has become a leader in performing minimally invasive and robotic-assisted surgery.

The Perelman School of Medicine has been ranked among the top five medical schools in the United States for the past 17 years, according to U.S. News & World Report's survey of research-oriented medical schools. The School is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $392 million awarded in the 2013 fiscal year.

The University of Pennsylvania Health System's patient care facilities include: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania -- recognized as one of the nation's top "Honor Roll" hospitals by U.S. News & World Report; Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; Chester County Hospital; Penn Wissahickon Hospice; and Pennsylvania Hospital -- the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751. Additional affiliated inpatient care facilities and services throughout the Philadelphia region include Chestnut Hill Hospital and Good Shepherd Penn Partners, a partnership between Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network and Penn Medicine.

Penn Medicine is committed to improving lives and health through a variety of community-based programs and activities. In fiscal year 2013, Penn Medicine provided $814 million to benefit our community.